(Closed) Officially a May '15 bride!

Hi all! We just put our deposit check in the mail, and I’m so excited to be a May ’15 bride! Our date is May 23, 2015. We’re getting married at FI’s church, and then having our reception at this amazing restaurant in the area that has an old English feel. I was not enjoying the venue picking part of this process because I hadn’t seen anything that felt right. The second we turned into the driveway of this restaurant, I fell in love! It’s going to be an awesome wedding.

What kind of venues have you all chosen? I’m noticing that venue can really determine the theme of the wedding in a lot of cases.

Hey, date twin 🙂 Congrats on booking your venues! We are getting married in MD at a gorgeous historic location in Annapolis. We were originally worried that Memorial Day weekend would be too busy but our excellent caterer put our minds at ease, as Annapolis is used to accomodating large crowds for boat shows and Naval Academy events. Hoping the weather is nice! Can’t wait!

Isabelle663: Your wedding sounds beautiful! I love venues with history. We didn’t realize that it was Memorial Day weekend when we booked, but we got engaged this Memorial day, and having a long weekend for a lot of anniversaries will be nice!

And then our reception is down the road at this gorgeous old stone indoor pavillion, with windows on one side facing the beach, and the other side facing a massive park with gorgeous trees, hills, and a stone bridge:

I’ve always envisioned getting married on a beach because I love everything to do with beaches (FI even proposed at sunset on one) so we’re having a beach themed wedding.

May 30 here – but it’s autumn for us not spring, being Down Under! The ceremony is in a beautiful old church (the church I grew up going to is no longer standing due to being in Christchurch, NZ – it was severely earthquake damaged during the 2012 quakes) then the reception at a gorgeous old house which is now a function centre.

Scorpio88: Those venues are AMAZING! I love the rafters in your reception venue!

shools164: We’ve been set on having red and gray for awhile, but we’re doing a poppy red (bright red), so it’s springish enough I guess… Have you picked your colors?

playdohpants: Date twins! I would have loved to get married at my reception venue, because it’s gorgeous, but there’s something nice about having a ceremony space that means something. Do you have anything beyond the venues done?

KiwiDerbyBride: I’m drooling over those stained glass windows. You have a seriously stunning venue. I hope you post recap pictures!

Congratulations on picking a venue! This was my most important detail and now that we’ve secured a place, I feel a lot more relieved. 🙂 We’ll be having our ceremony and reception at the same location and get the entire building to ourselves.

misstxlonghorn: You’re going to have really wonderful photo ops. That is such a chic building. You all have amazing venues!

shools164: I think that’s a great combination, and very spring-y! I’m jealous of your ability to group a number of colors. All I know is red so far (and the whole- I’ll be wearing a form of white- thing).

This is what the outside of our reception venue looks like:

The landscaping around it is amazing. I wish I would have thought to take pictures.

playdohpants: I can’t wait for dress shopping. I plan on losing a little more weight, but I know my dress will need altered regardless (I’m way shorter than sample sizes will be). One photographer I’m meeting offers free engagement photos, so I won’t turn those down if I go with her. Otherwise, I probably will go without too. And I love that your FI’s mom has offered to take care of decor. It already seems like such a headache!